Dozens of activists who are being held on remand for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action activities are threatening to launch a hunger strike over their prison conditions.
In a letter to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, the campaign group Prisoners for Palestine (PFP) issued a series of demands on “behalf of the 33 people that are unjustly locked up as a result of taking action to stop the genocide in Palestine”.
The prisoners include members of the Filton 24, a group of activists arrested in late 2024 in connection with an action targeting an Elbit Systems factory in Bristol in August 2024.
They also include members of the Brize Norton 5, who allegedly broke into an RAF air base and attacked with paint and crowbars two planes they said were “used for military operations in Gaza and across the Middle East".
All have been denied bail, with some spending over a year in custody without trial on charges including criminal damage and aggravated burglary.
